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Welcome to Varied Expressions of Worship

Welcome to Varied Expressions of Worship

This blog will be written from an orthodox Christian point of view. There may be some topic that is out of bounds, but at present I don't know what it will be. Politics is a part of life. Theology and philosophy are disciplines that we all participate in even if we don't think so. The Bible has a lot to say about economics. How about self defense? Is war ethical? Think of all the things that someone tells you we should not touch and let's give it a try. Everything that is a part of life should be an expression of worship.

Keep it courteous and be kind to those less blessed than you, but by all means don't worry about agreeing. We learn more when we get backed into a corner.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Opus 2017-179: Middle Class Morality: Chastity

Recently I was talking to a student and out of the blue he shared with me that he had had fellatio when he was 14 and wanted to know when I had experienced it. TMI. If you don’t know what the term means then look it up or read about Bill Clinton’s use of the oval office. This is where our pagan culture is taking us.

Conversely, Middle Class Morality is based on chastity. Let me remind you that chastity means purity in sexual relations, not celibacy which is the abstinence of sexual contact. Celibacy is expected before marriage. Chastity is expected after marriage. America in the past embraced the concept that sex was for marriage. They may not have lived up to it but they knew what was right and what was wrong.

Chastity is rooted in the Bible.

(Exodus 20:14 KJV) Thou shalt not commit adultery.

For people wanting to live God’s way that is enough but we have the modern sophists who will say, “But that applies to married people, not me.” Okay.

Let’s play legalistic lawyer. Technically adultery does involved a married person sexually involved with someone outside their covenant. Got it. Fornication, on the other hand, is any sexual contact outside marriage. So do a search on fornication. You find many references to it. Among them is,

(Acts 15:20 KJV) But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

Still not convinced? You think they are synonyms? Then how about this verse that uses both words?